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Marks and Spencer plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer based in London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty products, home products and food products.
Waitrose closed four convenience shops and one supermarket in the UK in 2018. [59] This was followed by the announcement of twelve further store closures in 2019. [60] [61] In September 2020, a further four stores, Caldicot, Ipswich, Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, were announced as closing, the latter having been sold to Tesco. [62]
Blakemore Retail. 1917. Privately owned. UK's largest family owned operator of convenience shops; operate as a member of Spar UK. Took on a number of My Local shops after the collapse of the chain. Budgens. 1872. Tesco ( Booker Group ) Symbol group in England and Wales founded in 1872.
Wilko.com Limited (trading as Wilko) is a retail chain owned by Norton Group Holdings (parent company of The Range) since 2023, prior to which it was owned by Wilko Limited, founded in the United Kingdom in 1930. The retail chain Wilko Limited[ 1] (formerly Wilkinson Cash Stores Limited, [citation needed] Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited, [ 2 ...
This is a list of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, listed by retail size in square metres (m 2). Only centres with space of 65,000 m 2 (700,000 sq ft) or more are listed. Some of these are out-of-town centres, while others are part of a city or town centre shopping district, which in almost all cases also includes many stores ...
Brand Image Founded / Came to UK Owner # of shops Notes B & M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004
This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).
Tesco claimed in its 2005 annual report to be able to serve 98% of the UK population from its 300 participating supermarkets. In the financial year ended 24 February 2007, it recorded online sales up 29.2% to £1.2 billion and profit up 48.5% to £83 million, with over 250,000 orders per week. [3]